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Pacesetting duo keen for change in fortune

Adrian Mastronardo and Tim Slade have started their Pro-Am weekend on a high at Phillip Island, setting the fastest lap time in Friday practice – a complete change of fortune for the duo from a year ago.

A heavy practice crash forced Mastronardo and Slade out of the 2014 Pro-Am and subsequently watched the Phillip Island event from the sidelines. Their 2015 Pro-Am campaign has started in much better fashion – Slade posting the quickest time of the day and Mastronardo scoring the sixth quickest time of the TAG Heuer Carrera Challenge drivers.

Slade was pleased with his Friday form, finishing ahead of Nick Percat, Scott McLaughlin, David Russell and youngster Matt Campbell on the timesheets.

“Adrian is doing an awesome job and he’s come a long way since last year. He’s put a lot of work into his driving and I think that showed today. We had a decent run in practice two and now we’re looking forward to qualifying tomorrow,” said Slade.

Mastronardo was also pleased with the duo’s performance after their horrid 2014 Pro-Am event.

“This is a vast improvement from the 2014 round at Phillip Island. I’ve been looking forward to this event since last year and hopefully we can come out with a good result. I think there’s no doubt we can get a podium this weekend,” said Mastronardo.